RSF warns Australia over ‘grave threat’ to investigative journalism
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
After the latest Australian federal police raid targeting the media - this time the Sydney headquarters of the national public broadcaster...
Papuan activists dispute Indonesia’s poll numbers, claim boycott success
By Evan Wasuka on ABC Pacific Beat
It may be more than a month since Indonesians went to the polls, but the country is still...
MEAA blasts ‘disturbing assaults’ on press freedom after new ABC raid
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Two raids by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on journalists and media organisations within the last 24 hours represent a disturbing...
New Caledonia anti-independence parties fear losing hold on government
By RNZ Pacific
The former president of New Caledonia's Congress, Gael Yanno, says he is worried a mainly pro-independence government will be elected next week.
Yanno...
RSF condemns Australian police raid on journalist’s home as ‘intimidation’
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has unreservedly condemned the Australian federal police raid yesterday on a News Corp journalist’s home in the...
Mixed reactions to NZ Budget initiatives for Pacific people
By RNZ Pacific
A range of initiatives for Pacific people was announced in the New Zealand Budget last week.
This Wellbeing Budget included increases in funding...
Keith Jackson: Marape’s commitment to PNG a checklist for judging him
ANALYSIS: By Keith Jackson
Following the election of James Marape’s as Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, on Sunday, he issued a declaration on Facebook that...
MEAA protests over police raid on Canberra journalist’s home
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The raid by Australian Federal Police on the home of award-winning Canberra Press Gallery journalist today has been condemned by the...
Morrison arrives in Solomons in first visit by an Australian PM...
By Ian Kaukui in Honiara
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has arrived in Solomon Islands on a two-day state visit.
His trip to Honiara marks his...
Catholic among 4 Indonesian officials on alleged murder hit list
By Katharina R. Lestari in Jakarta
A Catholic was among four top Indonesian officials allegedly targeted for assassination in a plot possibly linked to post-election...
Scott Waide: My message to PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape
COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide in Lae
As the new Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, you have your work cut out for you. You have...
NZ Budget gives boost for Pacific education, languages and health
By RNZ Pacific
The well-being of Pacific people in New Zealand has been recognised in this year's Budget with increases in funding for the community...
PNG’s ‘power broker’ minister Marape elected 8th PM for 8 million...
ANALYSIS: By EMTV News
James Marape, Papua New Guinea's former Finance Minister and the man who led the defections that brought down the Peter O'Neill...
Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: Logging bonanza hasn’t helped Solomon Islands landowners
COMMENTARY: By Tarcisius Kabutaulaka
Since the late 1980s, the logging industry has dominated the Solomon Islands economy.
For nearly three decades, it has accounted for about...
PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill finally resigns
By RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has finally resigned.
O'Neill told Parliament today he had tendered his resignation to the Governor-General this...
Thousands of NZ teachers take to streets to protest for better...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
More than 50,000 New Zealand teachers - from both primary and secondary schools - walked out of classrooms across the country...
PNG Parliament erupts in chaos as Speaker rejects opposition motions
Embattled Prime Minister Peter O'Neill explains why he has gone to the Supreme Court to seek clarification on the vote of no-confidence procedure under...
Crisis? What crisis? A new PNG prime minister might not signal...
BACKGROUND: By Jonathan Ritchie of Deakin University
In recent days, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has announced his resignation, failed to formally resign,...
Mixed reaction in Wallis and Futuna to Roch Wamytan’s Congress win
By RNZ Pacific
There has been a mixed response in Wallis and Futuna to last week's election of a pro-independence politician as Congress president of...
Timothy Masiu: Bougainvilleans won’t forget Chan and Sandline mercenaries
Papua New Guinea's Deputy Opposition Leader and Shadow Inter-government and Bougainville Relations Minister Timothy Masiu says the people of Bougainville are closely watching developments...